Schizophrenia in Search: Is Big Pharma Hitting the Mark?
Analyzing an industry’s online landscape is crucial to understanding what typical consumers seek and what possible competitors are providing them. The major pharmaceutical companies have many great opportunities to reach consumers at the times when consumers are the most receptive. But are they using the right medium, and using it to their advantage? Our research shows that consumers are using search engines to research this condition but the pharmaceutical companies are not meeting their needs.
Let’s take a look at consumers who are researching Schizophrenia. This debilitating disease affects over 2.2 million people in the United States1. Over 100,000 new cases will be diagnosed this year alone. This clearly shines through in the search engine space with over half a million schizophrenia related searches every month.




